Random image of the day 3

[chrisB]

Thank you Peter!

[mrwippy]

Paul

[stickman]

A bit more playing around with Silver FX; its preset options for B&W conversion are far better than anything I could do manually.

High contrast (smooth), Structured (smooth) and WetRocks would be all I ever need.

[chrisB]

I love the style of your photos Phil!
Brilliant.

[chrisB]

This is the place where I come from.
It a forest dominated area, surrounded by high mountains, lots of rivers and streams and the villages are situated above 1000 meters from the sea level.
As for centuries was almost isolated due to the terrain, tradition stayed strong there, even the topic dialect which sounds a bit "heavy" and funny, is very close to the ancient doric one.

Crossing Xerovouni mountain to get there... looking behind:


Aracthos river by ChrisBrn, on Flickr

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This is the general view:



Athamanica (Tzoumerka) by ChrisBrn, on Flickr

It has a low population density. Forests dominate the low lying areas of the mountain. Grasslands, shrubs and barren rocks dominate the higher elevations. The main rivers draining the Athamanika are the Arachthos in the west, and theAchelous in the east.
Athamanica elevation is 2429 meters (7969 ft)

[moggy58]

That’s a lovely big back garden you have Chris. Terrific views, is it accessible?
Those mountains look pretty steep , you Greeks must have thighs like tree trunks to get around that terrain.
Very envious I love mountains and greenery.

[chrisB]

Yes it is accessible!
The roads are narrow and pass high on mountain slopes but it easily accessible even in winter.
My father was born there, his paternal house is there so we go often there.
Arachtos river looks tiny in the above photo but it's a large river and people go there for rafting.
It is a very beautiful place.

[steve rb]

A couple from the Lake District :

[macvisual]

Steve, superb images, stunning set!





Samyang 35mm lens, shot @ f/1.4

[chrisB]

Excellent Steve!

[chrisB]

Cosmic dance by ChrisBrn, on Flickr

Better seen on flickr on black background.

[rockmeister]

this is from Milton Abbet chapel via silver fx


sculpt at milton abbeyfx by johndutf, on Flickr

and this was grabbed from the car window


_DSC6309_2 by johndutf, on Flickr
had to push this to get the texture and it's overdone the grain. Still, nice patterns anyway!

[chrisB]

Excellent photos John!
You do a wonderful use if silver fx!

[moggy58]

A couple from the Lake District :

Terrific shot Steve, I love watching the rays of sunlight tracking across the hillside.
Well captured.

[unclepuncle]

Some fantastic shots since I last looked in The Wam is good for something after all.

[Stupinder]

Some very nice shots of late. Here's my effort.

[chrisB]

Excellent Stu!
IMO you should ask someone to go behind it and scream.
It would be even stronger.

[tkimages]

A couple from the Lake District :

Great images. We're off to the Lakes on Wednesday for several days. Hope I can get stuff as good as these.

[rockmeister]

Terrific shot Steve, I love watching the rays of sunlight tracking across the hillside.
Well captured.

+1...cracking shot that. Did you find Mark LJ up there? It's so long since he posted I fear he's lost on them hills lol.

[macvisual]

Some from todays floral purple series;